Threat Intelligence – Associate

Job Title: Threat Intelligence – Associate

Location: Mumbai, India

Corporate Title: AS

Role Description

• The Threat Intelligence Analyst role sits within the Threat Intelligence function in the Chief Security Office (CSO), which works to proactively detect and disrupt physical and cyber threats against Deutsche Bank as part of its mission to be a threat-driven organisation. This role is primarily focused on physical threat intelligence, while remaining aligned with the broader threat intelligence mandate.
• The Physical Threat Intelligence Analyst is responsible for proactively identifying, monitoring, analysing, and assessing physical security threats that could affect the organisation’s people, assets, operations, reputation, and overall resilience. The role requires systematic collection and evaluation of intelligence from a broad range of sources, including open-source reporting, vendor intelligence, professional networks, and internal stakeholders. By monitoring global, regional, and local risk developments, the analyst produces timely, actionable, and clearly articulated threat assessments that support security operations, executive decision-making, crisis management, incident response, and business continuity planning. This position plays a critical role in helping the organisation anticipate emerging risks, understand their potential business impact, and implement appropriate mitigation measures in a dynamic threat environment.

What we’ll offer you

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy

• Best in class leave policy
• Gender neutral parental leaves
• 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
• Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
• Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
• Accident and Term life Insurance
• Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your key responsibilities

• Threat Monitoring and Intelligence Collection
  • Identify, monitor, and report on geopolitical, regional, and local developments that may affect business operations, personnel, facilities, executive travel, and critical assets.
  • Collect and assess threat intelligence from HUMINT and OSINT sources, including vendors, professional networks, industry associations, social media, news feeds, commercial intelligence platforms, and other relevant sources.
  • Monitor physical security threats, including terrorism, crime, civil unrest, political instability, insider threats, targeted violence, and other emerging risk indicators.
• Analysis, Reporting, and Intelligence Products
  • Conduct geopolitical, regional, and country risk analysis to identify emerging threats, operational impacts, trends, patterns, and relevant threat actors.
  • Produce timely intelligence reports, alerts, threat assessments, watchlists, and risk dashboards for stakeholders, leadership teams, and operational partners.
  • Deliver tactical and strategic intelligence through verbal briefings, presentations, written reports, and executive-level recommendations that support risk mitigation strategies.
• Crisis, Incident, and Business Continuity Support
  • Provide time-critical intelligence during crisis events, emergencies, business continuity incidents, and security incidents to support informed decision-making and operational response.
  • Actively engage with crisis management teams and support security incident investigations through intelligence collection, analysis, and reporting.
• Collaboration, Methodology, and Standards
  • Collaborate with Corporate Security, Global Security Operations Centers, crisis management teams, information security operations, and external security partners.
  • Maintain intelligence databases, analytical methodologies, and reporting standards to ensure consistency, accuracy, and quality across intelligence products.

Your skills and experience

• Subject-Matter Expertise
  • Strong knowledge of global geopolitics, international relations, and regional security dynamics, with particular focus on Asia Pacific and South Asia.
  • Experience in corporate intelligence operations, including coverage of terrorism, political and social unrest, epidemiological developments, natural hazards, and other relevant security risks.
• Analytical Capability and Intelligence Production
  • Sound understanding of the intelligence life cycle, including collection, validation, analysis, production, and dissemination.
  • Ability to identify trends, patterns, threat actors, and indicators that may affect organisational operations, personnel, facilities, executive travel, and critical assets.
  • Ability to prepare clear intelligence products, executive-level briefings, and recommendations that support practical risk mitigation.
• Tools, Sources, and Methodology
  • Experience using open-source intelligence, social media monitoring, news feeds, commercial intelligence platforms, and other relevant sources to identify threat indicators.
  • Experience maintaining intelligence databases, analytical methodologies, and reporting standards would be advantageous.
• Stakeholder Engagement and Operational Support
  • Experience working with incident response, crisis management, business continuity, or security operations teams.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex issues clearly and effectively to English-speaking stakeholders.

Character/Professionalism

• Professional Judgement and Integrity
  • Demonstrates a high level of personal integrity, initiative, objectivity, and professionalism.
  • Maintains sound judgement and composure under pressure while remaining focused on required operational outcomes.
• Collaboration and Influence
  • Builds effective working relationships and demonstrates strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to influence, collaborate, and negotiate constructively.
  • Works effectively in high-performing, multicultural, and globally distributed teams.
• Ownership, Delivery, and Development
  • Takes ownership of tasks, prioritises effectively, and delivers high-quality outputs within strict deadlines.
  • Works independently with minimal supervision while maintaining accountability for outcomes.
  • Demonstrates commitment to ongoing professional development and to building capability in line with role requirements.

Qualifications

• Education and Professional Experience
  • Master’s degree in a relevant field, such as political science, international relations, history, security studies, or related discipline.
  • At least five years of experience in the security industry, geopolitical intelligence, threat intelligence, or a related analytical field.
  • Experience in the financial services industry would be advantageous.

Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career
• Coaching and support from experts in your team
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

About us and our teams

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We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.